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Hello Friends! I thought I would let you know that my new book which deals with many of the topics we regularly discuss here is available and on sale for the next 48 hours. Sorry for the Advert, feel free to ignore it if you aren't interested. :) It's Launch Day! For the next 48 hours, you...

Dear brothers and sisters, The issue of mass shootings, their damage to our communities and their place in the public discourse has weighed on me greatly lately. I have put together an article on the issue and would appreciate your feedback. Blessings! Mass Shootings are Evil

I've been thinking a lot about the way our communities have been damaged socially over the last year. Yesterday, I spent some time working on an article about this: No Community I would be happy to hear feedback from this community. Here is the introduction: This is not a post primarily about...

I was reading one of the most well-known passages in all of the Bible recently, 1 Corinthians 13, otherwise known as “The Love Chapter”. If you were to pick verses that are most likely to be quoted outside of an explicitly Christian context there are many that are likely to appear. I’m guessing...

A year ago in January, after living in the country of Turkey for 19 years helping the church to grow there, I was given a permanent entry ban and deported at the airport, leaving behind my friends and ministry there. The government has continued this persecution of the church and it is growing...

Wherever I go online, I often find Christians engaged in vigorous debate with people on social media, forums and in the comments of websites. It seems that it is difficult for people to draw a line between a strong defense of truth and behavior that seems to conflict with our Biblical guidance...

In the country, not far from where you grew up, there was a very troubled family. This family had a mom and a dad, a brother and a sister. The sister was just a little over a year older than the brother and from the day they were both able to walk, they had been at odds with each other. What...

If you claim to be religious but don’t control your tongue, you are fooling yourself, and your religion is worthless. Pure and genuine religion in the sight of God the Father means caring for orphans and widows in their distress and refusing to let the world corrupt you. James 1:26-27 (NLT) In...

We were obviously very connected digitally with others this year. The lockdowns drove people online for even more of their lives. It seems to me that this isolation has impacted people quite negatively, especially as it relates to their empathy towards others. Here is an article I wrote on the...

In this current environment, it seems like there is a great deal of division. In this recent post, I'm looking at Ephesians 2:16 - “Together as one body, Christ reconciled both groups to God by means of his death on the cross, and our hostility toward each other was put to death.” (NLT) What...

I recently read the book Apocalypse Never by Michael Schellenberger. He is not a believer and doesn't hold to a Christian worldview, but I find his approach to environmental issues to be very rational and much more appealing than much of what I see presented in other places. I would love to...

So glad to have the opportunity to interact with everyone here. We have been involved in ministry for the last 30 years and after being permanently banned from Christian service in the country formally known as Asia Minor in January, we have been looking for new opportunities to be involved in...